It’s 9pm and I am shattered!
Two nights in a row I have been out and about and not living my usual hermit lifestyle. That’s a whole lotta talk! AND…. I’m out tomorrow afternoon and evening too.
Check… me!
I will have to sit in a dark room all day Sunday to recuperate. 😂😂
So last night was lovely but really tough. I found the D-Day commemoration in Beith, really sad. Understandably so, obviously!
I hadn’t seen any of the tv coverage throughout the day and wasn’t expecting to feel just so emotional.
I went with Gayle and we arrived for 7pm. I had no idea what to expect or what to wear or blah blah blah blah blah….. yet we sat and listened to some lovely wartime songs, some upbeat and some very emotional.
Between each song one of the girls read out a wartime letter. They were all so good that that really acted out the letter as if they were the person writing it. I had to gulp back huge waves of emotion. It was really hard and I felt transported back to that time, imagining how scared everyone must have felt. The tears overflowed at one point as one man told his parents he was off to the front. Harrowing.
We then walked down to the cenotaph where they lit a beacon.
There was also a piper which always stirs my emotions.
Sadly the lovely lady who made these wartime dolls, Frances Oates, had passed away a few weeks ago and they did a lovely tribute to her. You may remember I posted these at Remembrance Day.
She was meant to light the beacon but her sister, brother in law and grandson did it instead. It was a very emotional moment.
Look at his face when it lit up. So moving.
So that was last night…. A very sad but poignant night.
Then I spent the night with this little lady… bless her. It was my turn to sleep over in her wee room.
I had the laziest of mornings. I lay in until after 8am.
I got lots of cuddles from all the dogs.
Caption this!!!
I got showered and headed into town to post a parcel I’d sold on Vinted and nipped into the little gift shop.
It’s beautiful as always….
Then back up for Border Collie walk x 3 at once!!
Look how yellow the fields are… full of buttercups.
They were such good girls today. I’m so glad I took them all out at once.
I came home and had lunch, read for a bit then got ready to go to our next door neighbour’s 18th birthday party.
We were there for 4pm.
This is her cake!!
I never took a single photo which is rubbish but saw lots of neighbours and had lots of good chat.
I’ll sleep tonight and we’re running at 6.45am! Who said this was going to be a quiet weekend?!?
Have a good one.
Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️
The Rambling Sloth 🦥 